Lesson 13-Soldier's Heart II. nightmare: Agent Orange Agent Orange(橙剂) is a kind of vietnam-era herbicide used by U.S. forces. Approximately 20 million gallons of herbicides were used in vietnam War between 1962 and 1971 to remove unwanted plant life and leaves to expose Vietnamese guerrilla forces in forested areas and to destroy crops needed to feed vietnamese troops Agent Orange contains varying amounts of dioxin. Exposure to the defoliant(落叶剂) has been linked with chemical acne, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Hodgkin' s disease, and soft-tissue sarcoma W BT E To be continued on the next page.W B T L E Lesson 13—Soldier’s Heart Agent Orange (橙剂) is a kind of Vietnam-era herbicide used by U.S. forces. Approximately 20 million gallons of herbicides were used in Vietnam War between 1962 and 1971 to remove unwanted plant life and leaves to expose Vietnamese guerrilla forces in forested areas and to destroy crops needed to feed Vietnamese troops. Agent Orange contains varying amounts of dioxin. Exposure to the defoliant (落叶剂) has been linked with chemical acne, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and soft-tissue sarcoma. II. Nightmare: Agent Orange To be continued on the next page